Patch.com
Retail Rents Tick Up In Prospect Heights, Report Finds
Patch.com
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Rents are ticking upward once again for businesses on one of Prospect Heights' main thoroughfares, a new report says. The average rent for ground-floor retail space on Flatbush Avenue, from Fifth Avenue to Grand ...
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Hyperallergic
How an Artist's Activism Nurtured His Painting
Hyperallergic
Around a decade ago, at the onset of the controversial Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park development project in Brooklyn, he became a community organizer in response to his studio, home and neighborhood being disrupted. This show is a ten-year survey ...
BKLYNER
NYPD's 78th Precinct Rolls Out Neighborhood Coordination Officer Program At Brooklyn Museum
BKLYNER
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The lobby of the Brooklyn Museum was a sea of blue Tuesday evening as the NYPD's 78th Precinct hosted an event to roll out its Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) Program. NCOs are officers assigned to specific ...
Crown Heights Shooting Injures 1 Tuesday Night: Police
Patch.com
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — One person was injured during a shooting in Crown Heights on Tuesday night, an NYPD spokesman told Patch. It happened at 8:11 p.m. near the intersection of Union Street and Bedford Avenue, police said. A 27-year-old ...
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Biting commentary: Creepy art with political agenda
Brooklyn Paper
Patchen and his frightening pieces are among about 350 Gowanus displays going up during the weekend event, including Brooklyn native Susan Handwerker's ceramics, Lisa Lincoln's anthropomorphic pottery, and Gil Kuno's absurd mixed media pieces.
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New York Post
Residential, hotel developments are keeping Brooklyn retail alive
New York Post
Barclays Center and the new residential projects in Prospect Heights have boosted nearby retail rents along the Flatbush Avenue corridor between Fifth Avenue and Grand Army Plaza because there are fewer available spaces, especially to serve hungry ...
Hoodline
The Cheapest Apartment Rentals In Prospect Heights, Right Now
Hoodline
We took a look at local listings for studios and 1-bedroom apartments in Prospect Heights via rental site Zumper to find out what budget-minded apartment seekers can expect to find in this Brooklyn neighborhood. Take a look at the cheapest listings ...
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Patch.com
Crown Heights Building Collapses, Hurts Construction Workers: FDNY
Patch.com
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A collapse at a Crown Heights construction site left six workers hurt, four seriously, the FDNY said. The accident happened shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday on Park Place between Troy and Schenectady avenues.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn leaders' plea to MTA: Bring back B71 bus, vital to jobs and seniors
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The connection to Manhattan would also benefit residents and institutions in Columbia Waterfront, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Heights and Crown Heights. These include institutions like Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn ...
New York Times
New Cooking School Offers Space for Dinner Parties, Too
New York Times
Cook Space Culinary Studio is a new cooking school and catering facility in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, from the restaurateur Michelle Jackson Mannix, the chef Nini Nguyen and Lara Southern, a Londoner who has worked in similar spaces. Cook Space ...
Halloween 2017: How To Find Sex Offenders In Prospect Heights, Crown Heights And Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
Patch.com
According to the New York State Sex Offender Registry, there are 331 sex offenders living in and around the Prospect Heights, Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens area. That number does not include offenders who are not compliant with the ...
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Brooklyn Today October 16: Our Lady of Loreto Is a Pile of Rubble
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
THE LEDE: Happy Monday, Brooklyn! We wish a fond farewell to Our Lady of Loreto, a Brooklyn judge could repair DACA, and we share a sneak peek of Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 2 uplands. Plus, a daredevil photographer is honored at Green-Wood ...
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Blow for freedom: Harriet Tubman jazz band breaks genres
Brooklyn Paper
A Brooklyn trio named after 19th century abolitionist Harriet Tubman will lead an audience on a musical journey during a late-night set at the annual three-day Bric JazzFest Marathon on Oct. 21. The musicians of the Harriet Tubman trio fuse elements of ...
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Brooklyn Paper
In need of a lift: Pols and locals demand state restore defunct bus line
Brooklyn Paper
The state-controlled transit authority cut the line — which ran through Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Crown Heights — in 2010, claiming a lack of funds and ridership. The new route Lander and some fellow pols ...
Walking with a purpose: The American Cancer Society's 15th-annual breast-cancer walk hits Coney Island
Brooklyn Paper
The funds also allowed American Cancer Society honchos to open a new location on Fifth Avenue in Prospect Heights, where anyone affected by cancer can find free information, support, wigs, and more. But the walk is more than just a fund-raiser ...
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New York Daily News
Street musician dies after being found unconscious near his home three months ago, his death ruled homicide
New York Daily News
A Brooklyn street musician – who died three months after he was found unconscious a block from his home – is a homicide victim, police said Friday. Nelson Carrion, 62, was discovered with a head wound on Prospect Place near Classon Ave. in Prospect ...
Patch.com
Brooklyn Leaders Call For Return Of B71 Bus, With Service From Red Hook To Manhattan
Patch.com
The bus route connected Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Gownaus and Park Slope on Union and Sackett streets and continuing on into Prospect Heights and Crown Heights at the Brooklyn Children's museum. A proposed extension would run into FiDi from Red ...
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